From more than two decades of lonely, abusive existence to a life of peace, contentment and worldwide popularity is a long, rough road. But Igor, the oldest and most popular Gibbon in residence at the International Primate Protection League (IPPL)

Save The Chimps organization stepped in and rescued chimpanzees used for laboratory experiments from the Coulston Foundation research facility in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The facility was shut down in 2002 after three chimps cooked to death.